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With the US, China and Russia increasingly flexing their space muscles, and more companies heading to the moon and beyond, a panel of experts discuss the current state of astro politics, business and culture.

Jack Latimore's update on national Indigenous news and issues. Amnesty International's Nikita White discusses human rights in Saudi Arabia and the case of  Loujain al-Hathloul- the woman who dared to drive. Ethan Kross, an expert in controlling the conscious mind, tells us about the voice inside our head and how to harness it.

Bruce Shapiro's America, Indian farmer protests and anti gravity devices.

Laura Tingle on accountability, the Kosovo election explained and Matthew Parris on the surprising link between trauma and genius

Sophie Pedder explains why President Macron's handling of Covid-19 could cost him politically, Michael E. Mann explores how the fossil fuel industry is putting the responsibility of climate change on individuals and author John Connell takes Phillip on a marathon run through Irish history.

Ian Dunt surveys the politics of Britain. Declan Walsh recounts his many years in Pakistan and tells 9 stories of colourful lives lived in that divided nation. Sonia Bible's new documentary on Rosaleen Norton- the witch of Sydney's King Cross who scandalised the city in the 1950's.

Bruce Shapiro on Trump's impeachment, Henry Reynolds on truth telling and Sarah Smarsh on Dolly Parton.

Laura Tingle with the latest from Canberra, Satyajit Das on the GameStop rollercoaster and Peter Godfrey-Smith on the evolution of animal consciousness.

Simon Winchester on how people's relationship to land, its borders and its ownership have changed over time and geography.

Susan Banki assesses the impact the coup in Myanmar will have on the country's people and freedoms. Joe Cirincione welcomes Joe Biden's change in direction for nuclear weapons and arms control treaties. Alisa Bunbury takes us on a tour of the Grimwade collection - an exhibition of art and artefacts from Australia's colonial era.

Bruce Shapiro brings us the latest from Biden's America, Don Weatherburn discusses the dramatic decline in Australia's crime rate and Edward Brooke-Hitching curates a library of bizarre books.

Laura Tingle with the latest from Canberra, Kyle Wilson on the current protests in Russia and Craig Munro on some of the great Australian literary editors

David Anderson, ABC Managing Director, congratulates Phillip on his thirty years as host of LNL. Glyn Davis considers poverty and the responsibilities of looking after those less fortunate. Danny Dorling scans the data and concludes that the great acceleration and rapid change that has marked the last two centuries is starting to slow down.

Bruce Shapiro and Fintan O'Toole discuss America's eventful start to 2021 and what it will take to end the 'uncivil war', then Evan Osnos takes a closer look at Joe Biden, and what we can expect from his presidency, particularly when it comes to foreign policy.

Marcia Langton discusses the Voice to Parliament and how she feels about current debates about Australia Day and a panel discusses how Indigenous representation on stage and screen has changed over the last 20 years.

How the Biden administration will effect Australian politics, the threats to free speech in Australia and Tiffany Shellam on three indigenous intermediaries of early colonial Australia.

Between the wars in Britain, seances were hugely popular, so when a young housewife declares she's being haunted by a poltergeist, serious efforts were taken to find the truth. And Harvard University's papyrus scandal

The latest work by British author Martin Amis, Inside Story: How to Write, takes the death of his closest friend, Christopher Hitchens, as the starting point for this book. Along the way we meet other vibrant characters who have helped define Martin Amis - from his father Kingsley Amis, to his hero Saul Bellow, from poet Philip Larkin to his stepmother, the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard. But ulti...

Don Watson has been writing for over forty years and his wit and sharp observations of Australian life are always worth a listen.

Behind the showmanship of EW Cole was an Australian entrepreneur, author and philosopher. Similarly behind the circus frontman, PT Barnum was a politician and motivational speaker.

Has COVID-19 signalled the end of the American era? Professor Wade Davis argues that the virus reveals what America has become, and that a profoundly polarized nation may not be able to find a way forward.

Gary Linnell on his biography of the intriguing bushranger, Captain Moonlite and Richard Flanagan on his latest novel and the fires that have engulfed us over the last two summers.

Paul Salopek on his slow walk retracing the earliest human migration and Jonathan Silvertown on the evolutionary purpose of laughter

Witold Swablowski on the chefs who cooked for dictators and James Canton on the deep connection humans have to oak trees.

Carl Robinson's auto-biography of his life, career and experience as a war correspondent during the Vietnam war.